Description

Improve the health and wellbeing of women. Support women through education and training about important health, hygiene and reproductive issues. Empower women to become health activists in their communities, sharing what they’ve learnt with others and creating change.

How your gift helps

TEAR’s partner Oasis in Mozambique is working alongside the local church to improve the health and wellbeing of women in the Manga Loforte area of the port city Beira.

“Care groups” of local women are learning about important health and hygiene messages. They’re becoming health activists in their communities, sharing what they’ve learnt with others and sparking change.

Marquina Rondao (not pictured), a mother of six children, is one of these women. Before she joined the care group, she had many health problems and so did others in the community. Marquina says: “I joined Oasis to create change in the community I live in, so that there is better health and environmental hygiene.”

Marquina and the other women learned simple steps to improve health, including washing hands after carrying coal to the stove. She now works with pregnant women to monitor the pregnancy until delivery, and support new mothers with young babies.

She says: “God gave me this gift so I can learn and teach others. I give thanks to God for the gift he’s given me. My dream is that this gift will increase so that I don’t become weaker and that my community can become stronger.”

Your gift of Women’s Health is contributing to projects like this one and making a difference in the lives of those facing poverty and marginalisation.

About our partner

Oasis Mozambique’s mission is that all people have the opportunity to experience wholeness and fullness of life. They work in partnership with local churches, helping them to see, understand and respond to the poverty issues around them.

TEAR supports Oasis’s Manga Loforte Community Health Project which is seeking to improve the health and nutrition of the community and helping women improve their livelihood options and participation in their community.

What you receive

• Choose from a printed card or download-and-print pdf card (or no card, just a tax-deductible receipt).
• Links to download-and-print cards are emailed to you after checkout.
• The amount you have donated will not be on the card.
• Printed cards:
  • A blank envelope for your card.
  • Free standard postage within Australia (5-7 working days) or $6 for Express Post (2-3 working days). Express Post cards will normally be sent the same day if the order is made before 1:30pm AEST. Please note: Express Post only operates in these areas within Australia.
  • Note: We cannot ship printed cards outside Australia (but you can still order the digital cards).
  • Note: We do NOT write on your cards—they are delivered to you to personalise.
• A tax-deductible receipt.